Japanese politeness

The title is "Japanese politeness" but seems it's going somewhere off course?
Well I have something to say here.

Quoted:
"Really, the only reason they have any respect for white people is because America/Britain beat them in the war... and they`ve never won a battle against a European country. The only time they`ve won out over white people is when they fought Russia, and they still celebrate that day every year. "

We dont celebrate it now. As for my knowledge, Japanese ppl celebrate
the national holidays like Respect-for-the-Aged Day(in his yr, Sep 19),
Labor Thanksgiving Day, Health Sports Day, Constitution Memorial Day(May 3),
etc....

And about the underground banking schemes, I dont know well.
I just heard that North-Korean ppl who live in Japan gather money
and send it to North-Korea.
well...about North-Korea, I dont know well about diplomatic intercourse
with the country but the leader of that country admitted that his agents
abducted (many) Japanese ppl including a Jr.H S student.
yeah, question of suspected abductions of Japanese nationals by North-Korea's agents is still unsolved. In 2002, 5 Japanese who had been
abducated by North-Korean agents came back to Japan. They had to live
their hopless lives in their completly-unknown country for over 20yrs.
Though North-Korea said they are all and the rest of other abducated Japanese were dead...., we still believe they are alive!

Well, I think the culture is built up with its history so our culture like
politeness(the tiles here) is really affected with our history(this yr is 2665
not 2005 in Japanese Imperial). The Japanese politeness might have started
2665 yrs ago.

oops I gotta go.

 

Funny how you picked a negative exaple where one would usually consider the topic or the act of politenesspositive.

where's the negative generalisation? Who's us?

 

It's kind of funny, I was talking with a Japanese girl when I was in Japan who had spent a couple of years in Canada and we both came to the same conclusion. You don't realize just how little you know about your own country until you visit another. People ask you all kinds of crazy questions, and you never think about some things until you're asked about them.

 

I meant to post something abput Japanese politeness on this thread but then I got distracted by how hot Therefore.... is.

 

I don't know what any of the complaints people are voicing have to do with the politeness of the Japanese people. No country is fault free. I have a few issues I'd like to know more about myself, but I still have so much respect for them.

And as far as helpfulness and being polite goes, if you think canada is bad, try living in the US. This country give rude a whole new meaning. Sad thing is, sometimes we don't even notice it, because we're so used to it.

 

Yes, I agree that our politeness level and Japans politeness level are VERY different.

I feel the same way about it as well.
I haven't been to Japan before but, I do plan on visiting there. I LOVE how their behaviors are and simply put, I LOVE their culture.

 

Unfortunately they stole most of it from Korea.
The biggest thing I see in the Japanese people is a lack of original thought.

And libido apparently, judging (among other asian markets) from the trafficking in endangered animal and sea creature parts used as aphrodisiacs.
http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/trade_traditional_seahorses.php
"A single Japanese order for 100 kilograms involved the killing of 28,000 seahorses; ..."

 

Yes, I guess they can of course lack in a few areas like that. Some people refer to them as robots. However, I still appreciate their way of living

It's sad about the seahorses.
I'm a vegan. It's sad about any living creature being killed for mankind.

 

I read the other day that Japan is basically closed off to Muslims.

 

Seahorses as aphrodisiacs? That certainly is not a common practice in Japan. The Japanese also didn't steal most of their culture from Korea either. From what I've witnssed, however, one may be tempted to say the opposite to be the case. There are similarities among all Asian countries but similarities among neighbouring countries can be observed on a global scale. The same can be said in regards to the differences among neighbouring countries, too. As for the Japanese folks lacking in the original thought department, it has more to do with the way they act passive around others rather than not actually having original ideas.

 

It's not just Aphrodisiacs, and it's not just Japan. Asian traditional medicine is responsible for the illegal trade in all kinds of animal parts, endangered and otherwise.



http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/trade_traditional_bears.php

If Japan is so cool and enlightened they need to set a precedent and ban the import and export of ALL endangered species products

 

I couldn't agree with you more ^_^

 

1989 was 26 years ago. Japan has since classified Asian Black Bears as a species subjected to protection.

This is largely due to poaching which is not condoned in Japan. These bears can also be a threat to humans and cattle as there have been many reports of crops being destroyed, cattles being eaten, and humans and pets being attacked(sometimes fatally so), in which case hunters may be called in to hunt the bears responsible. They may use anesthetic where they can so as not to actually kill them, but in some situations the hunters may end up having to resort to killing.

It's actually not common that a bear meat is served at a Japanese business banquet. I'm familiar with the Japanese culture enough to be able to tell you that.

Again, this is data from 20+ up to 40 years ago.

Wow, someone sure loves Japan, lol. By the way, Asian Black Bears are actually NOT endangered. They are classified as "vulnerable", not "endangered". Just in case you didn't know.

 

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